Package io.deephaven.plugin.type

Interface ObjectType

All Superinterfaces:

Plugin, Registration

All Known Implementing Classes:

EchoObjectType, FigureWidgetTypePlugin, HierarchicalTableTypePlugin, ObjectTypeBase, ObjectTypeBase.FetchOnly, ObjectTypeClassBase, ObjectTypeClassBase.FetchOnly, PartitionedTableTypePlugin

public interface ObjectType
extends Plugin

An "object type" plugin. Useful for serializing custom objects between the server / client.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	ObjectType.MessageStream	A stream of messages, either sent from the server to the client, or client to the server.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface io.deephaven.plugin.Plugin

Plugin.Visitor<T>

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface io.deephaven.plugin.Registration

Registration.Callback

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ObjectType.MessageStream	clientConnection(Object object, ObjectType.MessageStream connection)	Signals creation of a client stream to the provided object.
boolean	isType(Object object)	Returns true if, and only if, the object is compatible with this object type.
String	name()	The name of the object type.

Methods inherited from interface io.deephaven.plugin.Plugin

registerInto, walk

Method Details

name

String name()

The name of the object type.

Returns:

the name

isType

boolean isType(Object object)

Returns true if, and only if, the object is compatible with this object type.

Parameters:

object - the object

Returns:

true if the object is compatible

clientConnection

ObjectType.MessageStream clientConnection(Object object,
 ObjectType.MessageStream connection)
                                   throws ObjectCommunicationException

Signals creation of a client stream to the provided object. The returned MessageStream implementation will be called with each received message from the client, and can call the provided connection instance to send messages as needed to the client.

Parameters:

object - the object to create a connection for

connection - a stream to send objects to the client

Returns:

a stream to receive objects from the client

Throws:

ObjectCommunicationException - may throw an exception received from ObjectType.MessageStream.onData(ByteBuffer, Object...) calls